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Privacy law (in US, Europe, globally)

The study of privacy law examines the legal frameworks and regulations governing the collection, processing, and protection of personal data, comparing and contrasting the approaches taken in the United States, Europe and on a global scale.

2026 Google Academic Research Awards. Mustafa Naseem. Clinical Associate Professor. Tawanna Dillahunt. Professor. Florian Schaub. Associate Professor.

Three UMSI researchers earn Google Academic Research Awards to combat AI scams

02/23/2026

New projects led by Tawanna Dillahunt, Mustafa Naseem and Florian Schaub explore how community partnerships and user-centered designs can help reduce scam risks. 

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Is your bank keeping your secrets? New study says 'It's complicated'

10/09/2025

UMSI researchers Lu Xian and Florian Schaub find that many banks send mixed messages about whether they share customer data. 

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UMSI Research Roundup. Coordinating Chaos. Clickbait. Political Identification. Check out UMSI faculty and PhD student publications. Block M. UMSI.

Coordinating Chaos | Clickbait | Political identification: UMSI Research Roundup

09/18/2025

Recent UMSI faculty and PhD student publications. 

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Emotion AI will not fix the workplace

03/05/2025

UMSI assistant professor Nazanin Andalibi writes about the perils of emotion AI in the workplace for the Association for Computing Machinery's Interactions Magazine. 

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UMSI Research. Protecting Private Communications through Law and Policy: The Case of the Screenshot Feature. Alexis Shore Ingber, Research Fellow.

Study: Screenshots pose a “threat to both intimate and intellectual privacy”

11/06/2024

In a new paper, UMSI postdoctoral research fellow Alexis Shore Ingber examines the privacy implications of the screenshot feature on digital communications. 

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UMSI research roundup. UMSI researchers at the 2024 ASIS&T & ASSETS conferences. Recent publications by UMSI faculty and PhD students.

2024 ASIS&T and ASSETS conferences: UMSI Research Roundup

10/22/2024

UMSI research and workshops for the 2024 Annual Meeting of the Association for Information Science and Technology, as well as the 26th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility. 

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Featured by The Conversation. PhD candidate Angela Schopke Gonzalez. Apps, 911 services and mobile phones don't offset deadly consequences of more restrictive border policies. UMSI.

Apps, 911 services and mobile phones don’t offset deadly consequences of more restrictive border policies

09/03/2024

Angela Schopke Gonzalez discusses technology and immigration at the U.S.-Mexico border.

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Quoted by MIT Technology Review. Lecturer Merve Hickok. AI companies promised to regulate one year ago. What's changed?

Hickok: Tech companies ‘nowhere near’ developing safe and trustworthy AI

07/24/2024

UMSI lecturer Merve Hickok says the U.S government’s overreliance on tech companies to regulate themselves is leading to continued harm in the AI sphere. 

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Quoted by The Detroit Free Press. PhD student Amna Batool. Michigan lawmakers want to outlaw the spread of 'deepfake' sexual content.

Batool: Deepfake sexual content disproportionately harms women

07/05/2024

With deepfakes on the rise, UMSI PhD student Amna Batool discusses the reputational and economic harms women are facing. 

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Unveiling the future: UMSI experts share insights on AI in 2024

01/29/2024

Five UMSI experts talk about the future of AI and their fears and hopes for 2024 around regulation, data access and artificial intelligence. 

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